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sustaInaBlE FashIon : a handBooK For Educators

Answer o 2

Seven times bigger, due to American and European women

buying many more clothes than men and disposing of them

more frequently.

Source:

http://www.ehponline.org/members/2007/115-9/focus.html

Answer o 1

30.8 kg (68 pounds), which represents 4% of municipal solid

waste.

Source:

http://www.ehponline.org/members/2007/115-9/focus.html

Answer o 4

• Reduction of waste in Europe.


• Clothes are re-used.


• The sale of clothes by charities can fund social projects.


• Creation of jobs for traders and entrepreneurs in Africa.

You may have other ideas.

Source: Pietra, R. (2005) The travels of a t-shirt in the global

economy, New Jersey: John Wiley and Sons., Chapter 11.

Answer o 3

Here are some ideas. You may have other suggestions:

1. It can be resold to another consumer at a lower price.


2. It can be exported in bulk for sale in developing countries.


3. It can be chemically/mechanically recycled into raw material
   for other products.


4. It can be swapped with friends.


5. It can be customised and transformed into a new garment.

Answer o 6

Organic cotton represents only 0.03% of worldwide cotton

production.

Source: http://www.ehponline.org/members/2007/115-9/

focus.html; also in http://www.naturalclothingcompany.com/

page/111812202

Answer o 5

• Low prices of used clothing mean that people do not buy
  locally produced garments and textiles, which weakens the
  African textile industry and results in fewer jobs.


• Traditional clothing is replaced by European style clothing.


• Garments that arrive in better condition are out of reach for
  the poor and only accessible to the upper classes, therefore
  increasing the gap between rich and poor.

Source: Pietra, R. (2005) The travels of a t-shirt in the global

economy, New Jersey: John Wiley and Sons, Chapter 11

journalists’ journey through the world of garments

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